PixelAdams
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Hello all, I'm looking for comments, critiques, and suggestions on a new baby tortoise enclosure. I'm going to be getting my first tortoise (a marginated tortoise named Pixel) in 2 days. The enclosure is a 54 gallon Rubbermaid storage bin.
Substrate: About 4 inches of topsoil, mixed with cypress mulch.
Lights/Heat: 100 W MVB for basking, 100 W CHE placed over the humid hide. The MVB is on a timer, the CHE is on a Hydrofarm thermostat set to 80 F. Both lights are suspended from a zoo med lampstand.
Hides: Half log hide on the cool end, ziploc plastic container on the warm side for a humid hide.
Here's the whole thing:
The warm side, with basking rock, humid hide, rock garden, water bowl, and fake plant:
The cool side, with spider plant, cuttle bone (on the right), food dish, and log hide:
Lights:
The lights seem to be hung pretty low, but that's the only way I got the tank to reach proper temperatures. The CHE is only 6 inches above the hide.
Please tell me if there are any improvements I could make or any dangers which need to be corrected before Pixel arrives!
Substrate: About 4 inches of topsoil, mixed with cypress mulch.
Lights/Heat: 100 W MVB for basking, 100 W CHE placed over the humid hide. The MVB is on a timer, the CHE is on a Hydrofarm thermostat set to 80 F. Both lights are suspended from a zoo med lampstand.
Hides: Half log hide on the cool end, ziploc plastic container on the warm side for a humid hide.
Here's the whole thing:
The warm side, with basking rock, humid hide, rock garden, water bowl, and fake plant:
The cool side, with spider plant, cuttle bone (on the right), food dish, and log hide:
Lights:
The lights seem to be hung pretty low, but that's the only way I got the tank to reach proper temperatures. The CHE is only 6 inches above the hide.
Please tell me if there are any improvements I could make or any dangers which need to be corrected before Pixel arrives!